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A terminally ill man sells his life insurance policy for cheap to an investor who will collect the full amount when the sick man dies.But is the sick man really sick? Does he even exist? In the age of AIDS and no-holds-barred capitalism, the business of betting on how much longer sick people will live is thriving. Is this new market in which life insurance policies are bought and sold a legitimate enterprise, or is it an open invitation to fraud and murder?
Carver Hartnett, Miranda Pryor, and Leonard Stillmach all work for Reliable Allied Trust, in Omaha, where they investigate insurance fraud. Carver -- the narrator of this edgy and surprising novel -- is frustrated. His company would rather raise premiums than prosecute insurance criminals. Miranda, his seductive coworker, leads him on and then puts him off -- she seems to have something monstrous to hide. When their friend, crazy Lenny, a computer gamer and an expert with drug-and-alcohol cocktails, dies in the middle of playing Delta-Strike online, a strange and disturbing narrative unfolds around a possible murder and massive insurance fraud. Carver is drawn deeper into various hearts of darkness, and in his efforts to discover the truth behind his friend's death, he ends up betting his own life.
Filled with memorable characterizations -- Carver's boss, the shrewd Old Man Norton; Dagmar Helveg, Norton's fascist assistant; regional investigator Charlie Becker, a plain-talking, commonsense cop -- Bet Your Life conducts a stealthy philosophical investigation of its own, in which our hero ends up investigating the mysteries of his soul.
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Review:
"If you're not hooked, you're one dead mackerel." -- Entertainment Weekly
"Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning." -- Daily News
"Vastly entertaining . tight and fast paced . a definite winner." -- Booklist
"An unusually seductive mystery story." -- New York Times
"Richard Dooling is a maverick talent . It's Vonnegut by Grisham - and it's more . shocking and emotionally right." -- New York Times Book Review
"Richard Dooling is a maverick talent ... It's Vonnegut by Grisham - and it's more ... shocking and emotionally right."--New York Times Book Review
"Richard Dooling is one of the finest novelists now working in America."--Stephen King
"Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning."--Daily News
"An unusually seductive mystery story."--New York Times
"If you're not hooked, you're one dead mackerel."--Entertainment Weekly
"Vastly entertaining ... tight and fast paced ... a definite winner."--Booklist
An unusually seductive mystery story. --New York Times"
Richard Dooling is a maverick talent It s Vonnegut by Grisham - and it s more shocking and emotionally right. --New York Times Book Review"
Richard Dooling is one of the finest novelists now working in America. --Stephen King"
If you re not hooked, you re one dead mackerel. --Entertainment Weekly"
Vastly entertaining tight and fast paced a definite winner. --Booklist"
Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning. --Daily News"
-An unusually seductive mystery story.---New York Times
-Richard Dooling is a maverick talent ... It's Vonnegut by Grisham - and it's more ... shocking and emotionally right.---New York Times Book Review
-Richard Dooling is one of the finest novelists now working in America.---Stephen King
-If you're not hooked, you're one dead mackerel.---Entertainment Weekly
-Vastly entertaining ... tight and fast paced ... a definite winner.---Booklist
-Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning.---Daily News
About the Author:
"Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning." -- Daily News
"Vastly entertaining . tight and fast paced . a definite winner." -- Booklist
"An unusually seductive mystery story." -- New York Times
"Richard Dooling is a maverick talent . It's Vonnegut by Grisham - and it's more . shocking and emotionally right." -- New York Times Book Review
"Richard Dooling is a maverick talent ... It's Vonnegut by Grisham - and it's more ... shocking and emotionally right."--New York Times Book Review
"Richard Dooling is one of the finest novelists now working in America."--Stephen King
"Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning."--Daily News
"An unusually seductive mystery story."--New York Times
"If you're not hooked, you're one dead mackerel."--Entertainment Weekly
"Vastly entertaining ... tight and fast paced ... a definite winner."--Booklist
An unusually seductive mystery story. --New York Times"
Richard Dooling is a maverick talent It s Vonnegut by Grisham - and it s more shocking and emotionally right. --New York Times Book Review"
Richard Dooling is one of the finest novelists now working in America. --Stephen King"
If you re not hooked, you re one dead mackerel. --Entertainment Weekly"
Vastly entertaining tight and fast paced a definite winner. --Booklist"
Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning. --Daily News"
-An unusually seductive mystery story.---New York Times
-Richard Dooling is a maverick talent ... It's Vonnegut by Grisham - and it's more ... shocking and emotionally right.---New York Times Book Review
-Richard Dooling is one of the finest novelists now working in America.---Stephen King
-If you're not hooked, you're one dead mackerel.---Entertainment Weekly
-Vastly entertaining ... tight and fast paced ... a definite winner.---Booklist
-Enough plot turns to keep your head spinning.---Daily News
Richard Dooling is a writer and a lawyer. His second novel, White Man's Grave, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and he has also been a finalist for a National Magazine Award. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. He lives with his wife and children in Omaha, and commutes online to Bryan Cave, LLP, in St Louis, where he specializes in developing Web-based legal products.
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- PublisherRandom House Inc
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0375506314
- ISBN 13 9780375506314
- BindingHardcover
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